Chapter 2

Question 1

Consisting of the brain and the spinal cord

Answer 1

The central nervous system

Question 2

What does the peripheral nervous system consist of ?

Answer 2

The peripheral nervous system connects the skin (integumentary system), the muscles, and the organs to the central nervous system.

Question 3

What is the Prosencephalon ?

Answer 3

Forebrain

Question 4

The mesencephalon

Answer 4

Mid brain

Question 5

The Rhombencephalon

Answer 5

The hind brain

Question 6

Rostral

Answer 6

Toward the mouth or front end

Question 7

Caudal

Answer 7

Toward the tail end

Question 8

Dorsal

Answer 8

Means towards the top or back

Question 9

Ventral

Answer 9

Towards the belly

Question 10

Anterior

Answer 10

Toward the front

Question 11

Posterior

Answer 11

Toward the back

Question 12

Superior

Answer 12

Toward the top

Question 13

Inferior

Answer 13

Toward the bottom

Question 14

Axile slice

Answer 14

Divides the body along its long axis

Question 15

Sagittarius slice

Answer 15

Divides the body into left and right

Question 16

Coronal slice

Answer 16

Divides the body into dorsal and ventral

Question 17

What are the two sub-divisions of the peripheral nervous system ?

Answer 17

Somatic and autonomic

Question 18

Lateral

Answer 18

Towards the side

Question 19

Ipsilateral

Answer 19

On the same side

Question 20

Contralateral

Answer 20

On the opposite side

Question 21

Sensory Receptors are located where ?

Answer 21

Skin, muscles, and joints

Question 22

Motor neurons extend to where ?

Answer 22

The neuromuscular junction

Question 23

The somatic nervous system includes what ?

Answer 23

Voluntary movements of sensory inputs and motor outputs

Question 24

The autonomic nervous system regulates ?

Answer 24

The body’s internal and automatic systems, (digestion, heart beat, sweating)

Question 25

The Autonomic Nervous System is divided into which 2 sub groups ?

Answer 25

Sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 26

What does the sympathetic nervous system regulate ?

Answer 26

Reactions to threats, feeding, fighting, fleeing, and sexual activity

Question 27

What does the parasympathetic nervous system control ?

Answer 27

Rest and regenerate, heart rate slows, breathing slows, muscles relax, and digestion begins.

Question 28

What is a dermatome ?

Answer 28

Sections of skin numbered dorsal down the spinal column. Each Dermatome is responsible for specific segments of skin and sensation.

Question 29

What is a myotome ?

Answer 29

A group of muscles which is innervated by a single spinal nerve root.

Question 30

Grey matter

Answer 30

Home to the cell bodies of neurons and their local connections

Question 31

White matter

Answer 31

Is electrically insulated, long distance connections between neurons

Question 32

Which embryonic division of the brain contains the medulla ?

Answer 32

The Myelencephalon

Question 33

Which embryonic division of the brain contains the cerebellum ?

Answer 33

The Metencephalon

Question 34

Which embryonic Division of the brain contains the Thalamus

Answer 34

The Diencephalon

Question 35

Which embryonic division of the brain contains the Superior Colliculus

Answer 35

The Mesencephalon

Question 36

In a Limbic Forbrain sectional view, what is the most superior part of the brain ?

Answer 36

The Cingulate gyrus

Question 37

In a section cut of the limbic system what is the 2nd most caudal part of the brain dorsal to the hippocampus ?

Answer 37

Amygdala

Question 38

In the Limbic forbrain in a coronal 5 slice what is ventral to the amygdala ?

Answer 38

The hippocampus formation

Question 39

The most ventral of the four lobes

Answer 39

Temporal lobe